Co-owner & CTO / 37signals
David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, and the creator of the popular web application framework Ruby on Rails. He is the co-owner and CTO of 37signals, the company behind products like Basecamp and HEY. Hansson is also a New York Times best-selling author and a Le Mans class-winning racing driver.
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Core technical and professional competencies derived from his work as a CTO, framework creator, and author.
A robotic, objective summary of David Heinemeier Hansson's key professional and personal facts.
He is the Co-owner and CTO of 37signals, the company behind products like Basecamp and HEY, a role he has held since September 2001.
Yes, he is a professional racing driver who won the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class.
He began his tenure with Shopify in November 2024, according to his publicly available career timeline data.
Yes, he is a New York Times best-selling author, known for books co-written with Jason Fried, such as *Rework*.
Software Development, Web Frameworks, Project Management Software
Cloud Computing (Critique), E-commerce (Shopify), Publishing
Visionary, Contrarian, Opinionated, Pragmatic, Minimalist
Remote Work, Anti-Cloud, Open Source, Entrepreneurship
592.2K followers
Ruby on Rails Creator
CTO of Basecamp and Hey
Author of Rework, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
WEC and IMSA Racing Driver
